Client Voices

"I had tried so many things, and so many therapists, and Ceallaigh's massages are the only things that have helped resolve my muscle spasms"

~Krishna Chavda, Illustrator

"As a chiropractor of 20 years, iI have had more massages from more therapists than I can count. I must say the massage I just received from Ceallaigh was one of the best ever. She didn't have a "routine" that she ran through, but assessed my musculoskeletal system and addressed my issues as appropriate. I can't wait till my next massage!"

~Dr. Tim Merrick, DC

“As an experienced massage therapist myself, I remain profoundly impressed with Ceallaigh’s skills in both technical understanding of the human form and intuitive ability to zero in on areas of imbalance. One of the most professional, highly skilled, and caring therapists with whom I have ever worked, Ceallaigh’s hands are truly gifted with healing touch.”

~Chris Dooley, LMT

"Being a Pilates instructor I am particularly sensitive to the pain and suffering that I can sometimes put my body through. Ceallaigh is so knowledgeable about each and every muscle that every time I visit I am put out of my misery in the most wonderful massage. I have had a shoulder injury that wasn't healing due to scar tissue and tight muscle and Ceallaigh found the problem and helped to fix not only the shoulder issue but other issues throughout my body. She is the best!"

~Nicole Kaduson, Pilates Instructor

"Got my first professional massage ever this weekend courtesy of Ceallaigh. Although I am no expert on massages, I think how great I felt after was proof of her expertise, experience, and mastery of skill. In particular, my back feels better than it has in years. She really helped me work through my problem areas and release many of my knots, and though her techniques were sometimes rather intense, it was all very productive. Highly recommended. I'll definitely be back for more..."

~Ross Sicherman, Financial Analyst

Reigmens: Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep

Does a good massage do more than just relax your muscles? To find out, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles recruited 53 healthy adults and randomly assigned 29 of them to a 45-minute session of deep-tissue Swedish massage and the other 24 to a session of light massage.

All of the subjects were fitted with intravenous catheters so blood samples could be taken immediately before the massage and up to an hour afterward.

To their surprise, the researchers, sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health, found that a single session of massage caused biological changes.

Volunteers who received Swedish massage experienced significant decreases in levels of the stress hormone cortisol in blood and saliva, and in arginine vasopressin a hormone that can lead to increases in cortisol. They also had increases in the number of lymphocytes, white blood cells that are part of the immune system.

Volunteers who had the light massage experienced greater increases in oxytocin, a hormone associated with contentment, than the Swedish massage group, and bigger decreases in adrenal corticotropin hormone, which stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol.

The study was published online in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.

The lead author, Dr. Mark Hyman Rapaport, chairman of psychiarty and behavioral neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai, said the findings were “very, very intriguing and very, very exciting — and I’m a skeptic."